Chciałbym zaprosić moją rodzinę na obiad.

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Breakdown of Chciałbym zaprosić moją rodzinę na obiad.

• mój: my
• rodzina: the family
• obiad: the dinner (main meal)

Questions & Answers about Chciałbym zaprosić moją rodzinę na obiad.

Why is it chciałbym, and what exactly does that form mean?

Chciałbym means I would like.

It is built from:

• chciał = wanted / would want (masculine form)
• bym = a particle that helps create the conditional meaning would

So chciałbym zaprosić... literally means something like I would like to invite...

A few important points:

• This form is used by a male speaker.
• A female speaker would say chciałabym.
• It is very commonly used to sound polite and natural, much like English I’d like to...

Examples:

• Chciałbym zamówić kawę. = I’d like to order a coffee.
• Chciałabym zadać pytanie. = I’d like to ask a question.

Why is zaprosić in the infinitive?

Because after chciałbym (I would like), Polish normally uses an infinitive to say what you would like to do.

So:

• chciałbym zaprosić = I would like to invite
• chciałbym kupić = I would like to buy
• chciałbym zobaczyć = I would like to see

This works much like English:

• I would like to invite
• I would like to buy

So zaprosić stays in the dictionary/basic form because it follows chciałbym.

Why is it moją rodzinę and not moja rodzina?